Steel fence post



June 19, 1928. 1,674,459

A. WELAND I STEEL FENCE POST Filed Jan. 2, 1926 gmemlfop Patented dune19, 1928 UNITED S ATES Amos wnLAnn, or WALFORD, IOWA.

STEEL FENCE Pos'r.

Application filed January This invention relates to fence-posts formedof rolled steel, diversely flanged for stiffness in all directions, andcommonly pro scription and claims following, reference be ing had to theaccompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a side elevation of a postembodying the invention, with a fragment of woven wire fencing materialattached. Fig. 2 is a side view of the post on an enlarged scale, brokenmidway of its length.

In the drawing, the numeral 5 denotes a fragment of woven wire fencing,of a familiar type. The various spacing of .the strand wires in suchfencing necessitates a rather close spacing of'the points of attachmentwith the post, so as to avoid undue deflection of the wires. Otherwise,as for supporting separate barbed wires, for example, the spacing mightbe much more open, and with comparatively few points of attachment. Thepost 6' is designed for both type of wire fence, and the wire spaces areaccordingly numerous and rather close together. The post itself isprimarily a length of T-bar steel, provided with an attachedanchor-plate 7, and is adapted to be driven int-o the earth in the usualway.

In the flange or rib of the post which'projects toward the fence-wires,and designated by the character 6*, is punched a series of slot-likenotches or recesses 8. These are adapted to receive the fence wires,which are locked in position by a single flat bar 9 suitably fastened tothe-side of the slotted flange.-

In practice a. strip of steel A x A, serves every purpose, and but fewfastenings to the post are re uired. Holes 10 are punched in the post,an corresponding holes 11 in the bar. The preferred fastenings at allpoints, except the lower end, are bolts 12, though a looped and twistedwire 13 answers the purpose very well. For the lower end of the bar 2,1926. Serial No. 79,041.

it is preferred to provide the post with a lateral stud l4, permanentlyattached to the post, and slot the hole at the lower end of the bar, sothat it may engage the stud as a hook, for convenience in erecting thefence.

The posts being set, the building of the fence is a very simpleoperation and quickly done. A free end of the fence material is firstsecured to a terminal post. Then as the fence wire is unrolled it may beattached to posts successively by dropping the wires into the recessestherein. To counteract any tendency on the part of the fence wire tospring out of the recesses, they are preferably inclined downwardly asshown, so that gravity tends to keep the wires in place. The hooked endof the bar being now attached to the stud outside the bottom wire, it isa very simple matter to swing the bar up to its final position andfastenit there, thus locking the whole series of fence wires in position atonce. 1

To detach the fence from the posts is quite as easy, if the bolts havenot rusted too much in the meantime. If the nuts do not turn off easily,they are quickly knocked off with a cold-chisel, the bars'detached, andthe fence stripped off bodily.

The notching of the edge of the flange of course tends toweaken the postlaterally, but the attached metal strip, crossing the slots, acts as atruss member when securely fas- .tened to the post, and gives itpractically the strength of the originally unpunched bar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A fence-post, comprising a flanged metal body provided with a seriesof recesses extending inwardly from the edge of a flange, all incliningdownwardly from their outer opening, the round line, and a fasteningmetal strip secured to the side of the flange across the recesses,outsidetheir bottoms, to hold the fence-wiresin place, one end of thestrip being formed as a hook to engage said stud.

2. A fence-post comprising a flanged body,

one flange being provided with a series of recesses extending inwardlyfrom the outer edge of the flange, and all inclined down wardly, and afastening strip secured to the a stud attached to the flange near sideof the flange along the notched margin intermediate holes, and a metalfastening and outside the bottoms of the recesses, to strip pierced toregister with the holes in the hold the fence Wires in position. flange,and whenin fastening position dis- 10 3. A fence-post, comprising aflanged posed with its inner edge outside the fence 5 metal bodyprovided with a series of rewires seated in said recesses.

cesses, all downwardly and inwardly inclined In testimony whereof I afixmy signature. from the edge .of a flange also pierced with AMOS WVELAND.

